Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-23
xAYoR sHouDYs MESSAGES.


xAYoR sH0EDrs MEsGAeg.
ma nnaD or oua czrx eaTnnzMnnx -
VIEWS I'm F4EE 4a4A1 McHxs
AID HEEzAnnNa - PMzp1
svm Tzs snezFzn1-
II % sxkTxLE-
~ Csmmsa Csunra y ~ CO y
/ Gmxrxx,xxn--As ws are nboni 10 ~
esi4 car uHua fer ouR aursos1uEz. 9
bxisl Essisu q ne pasl o11slai ysaf Vii
not be nmisN.
Ths rsporfs q tha respective efissrs
of the Cily Of 8saflis aEa bofsrs "a.
ard an pseud . nols tie pEnaueki4y
% nnx city, and Sc successes Is eur "a
miaissKalton, ghieA b % fully dsmoa-
stlAtsd b - Neoss a tie TxaagussE
and tie ofhaT afneials. An sxhlnlt Gro
Ee1s. psospsFiiy sd soIidlly.
We e4ns tnto o41e, aenflemsn, under
1 pegaliaF circumstances Of e1Glsem1ne.
fhe city wss iust snsEzing from q slnEa
q Rraat deEFessian end despsndeney.
ba1 we entered npUn the &atiea 81 oar
ofIiee with she hEu resoiuti9n % DO che
best - could for nar city. AessFdinQ-
. ~ ~ AA1H& A4a4A At441 AAGA4 tAEAA4An MIS- q
| believe ire enterprises We lave advo.
| catsd. ana she nneasnras &c hsre -
commanded and hdopted, In The rnain.
havB met tie approval Of every fntelli-
gent SD honssf eixszsn.
uadss car sdmfnissrnf5en the ehenzs
Ia ths ciiy'a 0nMnnial oondifion 10 ona
cf uhieh we mag justly b prcad. Al
the time we assumed he rains Of EnV-
ernmens tha cityis in1shsadneaa vas
t1n thousand eight hundred and thir.
teen dollars and twelve cenfs. TodaT
~ sta1d-Eot o1iy fires FROM debt has
with 8 cash surplus Ct four thousand
and hfty-nine dollars and forty nss
cents IN shs tfsaznFy. TITS showing we
may polnt 30 with Just DEiae, more e.
peoisliy when taken into consideration
With TIE many public improvements Of
tbs Past year.
Under our administration, Gfans
street plank road has been oOmpIeted--
aAs eompleted Of this we viii
speak later; the Front street Sidewalk
b1isi; Seventh street graded from
Union 20 Battery; F0usth street. graded
from Union 30 Bell; West sirset graded
from Stsweri 10 CedaE, and Ma6issn
street has iagt been ordeEed eradsd
through 70 the city limits. Tue EaFyeyor
estimates TIE cosS 81 thia
81 $1,000 Az oxaminalion % the a.
sessment roll Of lsSe-fR0m which the
vaiuAkion Of property assessed for this
imprsEement must be tAken-shovs
thai the property within the assesM-
ment district h assessed for about |
5000. Il Il needless for me 10 CON
meat upon the ahsnrdisy % The pEop0
sition thai property assessed a 5000 !
esn e. vii pay $4,000 ser sask i'm
pf0vement. Seventh street ordered /
gEadsd from Madison 10 Mill, and Mil |
street from South Fourth 70 William
sou. This Il q fair showing Of street. 1
improvements, Jet think NOT more /
than the present condition Of business /
and tFAfiic tustihes. > In fast, ] BE-
lleYe that the O0anoil Should be quite /
liberal In 0EdeRing street improvements /
such. Seattle should have good streets, /
they are, the better for the general p1h. |
lie, aud hope that liberal policy will /
b parsned whenever public improve-
menis are 70 Be considered.
The Council established Railroad /
avenua and widened Eecond street % q
width Of ninety fest from Depot 70 /
Mn street. Both Of thesa aesions Of /
the Conncil VIII Be land marks Of the
city's progress
fhs utility Of She GRAFT street plank
road Is greatly iessened By being with.
eat proper beginning and terminus.
10 order 20 reach Il from the business
section Of our city, We must climb and
descend mountain, and at the other
end We are rao into Q side bill. Add Q
few thousand dollars 10 those already
expended on thia beginning of muoh
needed improvement, that We may get
full returns.
trust that In the neaF failure steps
will be taken 10 erect public buildings
in the city, thet viii be credit to an
enteEpFieiDa community. Several years
ago an energetic, liberal citizen made q
devise Of seine e25, goo 70 be expended |
in the construction Of q city hall, pre-
yided the city Of seattle would |
Eaiss q hks amount. No steps
have been taken By rs regarding
the devise, but the person, Who In
his lifetime was % generous and pablie-
spirited a. James Osborn, should Ger.
tainiy be respected and honored by the
residents OF the city, and his protest Of
a public baiiding shonld be carried out.
The past year has barely warranted
suoh expenaive improvements, but as
soon IS advisable Il should be done.
Oar Fire Departments 10 efficient, aud
would be 9 credit 10 q much larger city
than Seattle; with the neW truck and
ladders ordered, the department IL
about GO complete as We could desire.
Il is my opinion that the police force
Of the ely Of Seattle should be in
creased. The city bad as laFasa feFce
several years ago. Since then tbs pop
ulation has greatly increased. Oonaid-
sFing The vast improvements under con-
and oonismplsted,s large nnm-
Der Of strangers will constantly bs In
our midst, aud the necessity Of larger I
police force Is obvious. Oar city extends
over MANI sqcAra miles OF territory
and for the present force 10 afford 0Rdi
asFy protection 20 the lesser populated
districts u u Impossible. Steps have
been taken 10 establish q peat hsusa.
bas as yet u has NOT been done. This,
together With establishing q receiving
hospital, should receive the early atten-
loo OF car suceaspRs.
Ga the subject Of water and gas. In
ny opinion, Seattle shoald own and
furnish the water and ghs supply Of
hts cisy. Take this matter under ad-
lisement.
We have had peace aad qslss in our
midst, esntlemea, and belisye that
generally. the citizens Of Seattle are
thankful for the services We have per-
formed. W. II. SH0UpT, Mayor.
s.ow movers and odds and ends from
sveTy department. will be shown Mon